Update: Launch delayed for 24 hours. Anchorage-based Pacific Dataport is gearing up to launch its first purpose-built satellite, named “Aurora 4A” (also known as Arcturus), on Wednesday. The launch will take place from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard the sixth SpaceX Falcon Heavy from pad 39-A, with the scheduled launch window … Continue reading It’s rocket science: Alaska’s Pacific Dataport to launch first micro-geo satellite in the world on Wednesday